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Old 04-20-2004, 10:00 PM
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Re: car smokes

White smoke is either coolant OR oil burning AFTER the combustion chamber.
It is possible your seals are leaking on the turbine(exhuast) side of the turbocharger. When this happens you can smoke white as the oil burns off whne it touches the really hot side of the turbo.

Not sure really how to tell you to diagnos this.
Next time it happens, make a note if it smells like oil or coolant. They both have distinct "flavors".
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